Comments on: International School Teachers Collaborate!

By: mscofino

mscofino — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:57:51 +0000

@Jeff,

Yikes! Hadn’t realized I never bothered to respond here! Glad we’ve connected in other ways over the past two years

@Kader,

I think there are a few good places to start: check out some of the education-related Nings (Classroom 2.0, The Global Education Collaborative, etc), there’s also the International Edublogger Directory, and of course, what you’re already doing – connecting with individual bloggers by leaving comments. At this point, I’m working with elementary students so this kind of project wouldn’t work for me, but I’m sure you can find a number of eager participants on any one of those platforms I’ve listed. Good luck!

By: Kader

Kader — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:14:42 +0000

Hello,

I really like your ideas.
I am looking for teachers all over the world to start a history/politics project.
I teach 12th graders in a High School in the U.S.
The idea is to work on a curriculum together, so that students can share and debate issues such as globalization and the Iranian nuclear program.
If you know of anyone interested or a website I should go to find teachers, let me know.
Thank you

By: jeff dungan

jeff dungan — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:04:03 +0000

Anything you are doing with this I would be interested in getting my students involved with. Did you start a wiki? If so please send me the link. I am the ES tech facilitator at the Carol Morgan School in Santo Domingo, DR. Sounds like a great idea. We also have a videoconferencing capabilities here at school and I am always looking for classes/schools to connect my 3-5th grade classes with.
Cheers.

By: always learning » The Next Generation

always learning » The Next Generation — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:04:50 +0000

[...] As I’ve mentioned before, often times, as an international school teacher, you are working in isolation, PD can be limited and not always the most relevant to your specific subject, and you certainly don’t have any institutionalized structure in place to push thinking forward. So, as of last summer I was very happy with my middle/high school IT curriculum. We were doing amazing things with Photoshop, building intricate websites, creating fun movies, learning how to create animations in Flash, and solidifying PowerPoint techniques. Sounds fun, right? It was, but, after the first chapter of Will’s book I realized it was not enough. And then began my transformation to a “next generation teacher.” [...]

By: mscofino

mscofino — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:10:53 +0000

Hi Gary,

Excellent! I would be happy to add you to the wiki if you would like to add your two cents. Web 2.0 apps have made a huge impact on our teaching and learning in just one semester here, it’s amazing! Please feel free to pass on this URL to any teachers that might also be interested.

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 04:31:15 +0000

Sounds interesting and I am interested maybe we can come up with something? We have been blogging here for a while and I am starting to look at Wiki use in the second semester. My wife has been using a blog as a portfolio of student work and is looking at expanding into another blog to start an online book conference. I think we will have a few other teachers liik more closely at blogging as well in the second semester.

By: Ms. C

Ms. C — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:56:30 +0000

Hi Preya and Heather,

Welcome! I’m so excited to hear from others in the international school world. Thank you so much for your positive feedback. I am absolutely loving the interconnectedness of web 2.0! Please feel free to join the wikispace and share your experience with us! The more the merrier

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:31:25 +0000

Hi! You recently commented on my blog and I was just exploring your blogs (very interesting!) when I came across this post. I am a soon to be Masters of Library Science student and my major area of interest is equitable access to information – especially using web 2.0 to increase accessibility. I just wanted to say that this is a great idea and I really admire your work! I am an international school alumnus (American School of Kuwait) and so I always have a great respect for IS teachers (and Mac users!).

By: Preya

Preya — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:35:57 +0000

Wow–this is such a cool idea…I have a rather empty forum for international school teachers where I could post information…if that would help. http://isteach.proboards27.com

I am not an international school teacher yet, but I went to international schools all my life and plan to teach exclusively in international schools after I finish my MA, so I am very interested in this idea.